The Somme tourist board

Located at 9,3 miles in the South of Amiens, the Valley of Noye is a green region with ponds and poplar plantations which invite you for a walk.

Ailly-sur-Noye is a small town with 2600 inhabitants. Every year, several hundreds of visitors come and see the Sound and Light Show "Le Souffle de la Terre". Created in 1986, this exceptional show is really famous in the North of France.
On a 4 hectare stage, surrounding a magnificent stretch of water, 2800 volunteers share the history and life of the Picardy people to the great delight of the public.

January 25th, 2006, "Le Souffle de la Terre" and all the volunteers received a special reward called "Talent d'Or " 2006 from the Department of the Somme regarding the quality of the Show and the exemplar human adventure that has been going on for more then 20 years.